The Climb

Dark like an endless tunnel No hope, no light No signs Unpleasant cold Seeping through warm clothes like water seeping through a hole in a sailboat Inevitable An endless climb Yet people carry on They walk They talk They smoke Life goes on Leaves fall Spiders hide The sun seems forever gone Yet life goes on Change Snow Like cotton balls Fall rapidly to the ground The sky brightens Screaming children Run around Trying to catch every bit of the white stuff Utopia One day A bud blooms A bee stings Light blinds Hope Awakens from its hibernation Life goes on

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